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Outer Mongolia

British  

noun

  1. the former name (until 1924) of the republic of Mongolia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"You can literally see Shaun the Sheep here in Bristol and in Outer Mongolia."

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Mongolia, once known as Outer Mongolia, was part of China until 1921, when it achieved independence with the help of the then Soviet Union.

From Reuters ● Jun. 3, 2023

Christina Hodson—a screenwriter and producer in Los Angeles, who got to know Hillary through a friend—was writing on her behalf, to let me know that Hillary was planning a trip to Outer Mongolia.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 26, 2019

I made the journey all the way to Outer Mongolia, er, the Elkhorn Mountains, this month for six days of adventure.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2015

Article 3 of the Kaikhta Agreement, 1915, prohibiting Outer Mongolia from concluding treaties with foreign powers respecting political and territorial questions acknowledges China's right to negotiate and make such treaties.

From The Fight For The Republic in China by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale

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